Referral to the emergency department by a primary care provider predicts severity of illness

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 917-924

  Rinderknecht, Andrea S ^a,b   Ho, Mona ^a,b   Matykiewicz, Pawel ^b,c   Grupp Phelan, Jacqueline M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Illness severity; Pediatric emergency department; Primary care provider; Referral; Resource utilization; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; VITAL SIGN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGORITHMS; APPENDICITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TRIAGE; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 78049442458     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0364     Document Type: Article

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